In the Interest of J. L. K.

Phipps, Judge.

In 1993, the Georgia Department of Human Resources, acting through the Ware County Department of Family & Children Services (DFACS), instituted this proceeding to terminate the parental rights of the mother of J. L. K., J. P. M., and P. S. M. and the parental rights of the father of J. P. M. and P. S. M. In unappealed orders, the juvenile court found the children to be deprived. After attempts at parental reunification proved unsuccessful, the juvenile court terminated both parents’ rights to the children in 1999.

In Case No. A00A2026, the father appeals. He contends that the…